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Why Cardinals fans should be excited about Josh Rosen trade and selection

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He is very intelligent

Cardinals coach Steve Wilks called him “extremely smart.” General manager Steve Keim believes Rosen is “arguably the most intelligent in the draft.”

“He’s like a 3.7, 3.8 student in economics at UCLA,” he continued. “Some of his hobbies that he talked to me about over lunch were reading and studying and the stock market. These kinds of guys, not only to me, are the types that can have success in the National Football League, but years beyond. You can’t say that about a lot of these guys.”

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